argument 2 【0806G-奋斗小组】第七次作业

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argument 2 【0806G-奋斗小组】第七次作业

ARGUMENT2 - The following appeared in a letter sent by a committee of homeowners from the Deerhaven Acres to all homeowners in Deerhaven Acres.

"Seven years ago, homeowners in nearby Brookville community adopted a set of restrictions on how the community's yards should be landscaped and what colors the exteriors of homes should be painted. Since then, average property values have tripled in Brookville. In order to raise property values in Deerhaven Acres, we should adopt our own set of restrictions on landscaping and housepainting."

In this argument, the arguer advocates thatpeople in Deerhaven Acres should adopt their own set of restrictions onlandscaping and housepainting in order to increasing the property values. Thisargument is based on the observation that Brookville community's house valueraised three times than seven years ago by restricting landscaping andhousepaingting. Meanwhile, the arguer assumes restricting on landscaping andhousepainting can increase the property value! This argument is problematic fortwo reasons.

First of all, the arguer fails to establisha causal relationship between restricting landscaping, housepainting and theproperty value increasing. There are a lot of factors influences the propertyvalue, such as community environment, weather and so on. The people who buy thehouse may consider different factors that are not only house painting andlandscaping. So we may not consider that the property value raising andrestricting landscaping and housepainting have a causal relationship.

Secondly, the methods which have positiveeffects on Brookville's property may be not suitable for Deerhaven Acresbecause two different communities have their own special situation. And themethods using in Brookville might be comfortable for the social fashion inseven years ago in Brookvile. But the ways may be not suitable for the modern fashion.If we still use the same methods, we may not raise the property value. Sorestricting landscaping and housepainting may not be suitable for DeerhavenAcres situations at present.

To sum up, the conclusion lacks credibilitybecause the evidence cited in the analysis does not lend strong support to whatthe arguer maintains. To strength the argument, the arguer would have toprovide more evidence concerning the attributes of the people who will buy the house.To better evaluate the argument, we could need more information regarding thesuggestions form the expert who is well known about the factors effect theproperty value!

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